Israel has severely set back Hamas but will never be able to completely eliminate the group, U.S. officials said.

Israel has achieved all that it can militarily in Gaza, according to senior American officials, who say continued bombings are only increasing risks to civilians while the possibility of further weakening Hamas has diminished.

With the Biden administration racing to get cease-fire negotiations back on track, a growing number of national security officials across the government said that the Israeli military had severely set back Hamas but would never be able to completely eliminate the group.

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  • Sanctus@lemmy.worldEnglish
    29·
    3 months ago

    They learned nothing from our own bout in the middle east. If anything at this point they are simply creating more Hamas members.

    • bobs_monkey@lemm.eeEnglish
      7·
      3 months ago

      If anything at this point they are simply creating more Hamas members.

      Sounds like job security for Bibi and the IDF, a continuing/recurring reason to continue the unspoken goal.

    • ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      3·
      3 months ago

      Part of the problem with the US approach was that the goal was independence and self-government for the occupied nations, and that didn’t work out even after 20 years in Afghanistan. Hamas will be back as soon as Israeli troops leave if Israeli troops leave, but my impression is that Netanyahu does not intend for that to happen.

  • Etterra@lemmy.worldEnglish
    10·
    3 months ago

    Well I’m sure Netanyahu’s ultra right wing asshole supporters would suggest that there are still some Gazans to murder murder. Wait, I said murder. Damnit, something’s wrong, everything I type keeps telling the truth! What the hell is going on? I’ll bet ~~Hezbollah~ the orphans and windows are behind this! What? Fuck, it’s happened again! It’s like I’ve been cursed God is punishing me!